Hugo lay within the capsule, soaking in the purple blood. Contrary to his expectations, he wasn't in too much pain like the time he'd absorbed the more potent dragon blood essence in the ruins of Eclista.
He calmed his mind and let his consciousness sink into the sacral chakra that he'd formerly activated when advancing to the monarch realm.
He right away started weaving his orange-tier mana into rings around the crystal within the formless chakra space. The process was tedious. It took him over a day to form the second mana ring around the crystal as he advanced to the rank-2 monarch realm. He didn't rest on his laurels but continued his practice of the Kratos-Body-Yoga and the Psykhe-Metal-Exercise. He only exited the capsule once in a while to have some light meals before resuming his mystic training.